Combined comb and comb-cleaner



(No Model.)

E. H. COGHEIL COMBINED 00MB AND 00MB CLEANER. N0.339 ,380. Patented Apr.6, 1886.

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EUGENE HENRY COOHEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMBINED COMB AND COMBCLEANER.

PSPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 339,380, dated April5, 1886.

Appl n 32.5. :SPDtEllbQ'l'7,1885. Sc1'ialNo.1T6,355. (No model.)

I To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown thatI, Eco ENE HENRY Coounn, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State 011 New York, have invented a new and Impr ved CombinedComb and Comb-Cleaner; ac d I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereofyrelbrence taxing had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of the comb and comb-cleaner united; Fig. 2, anopposite side view of the same; Fig. 3,21. cross-section of the same;Fig. 4, an end View of the comb separate; Fig. 5, a front edge view ofthe comb- 5 cleaner separate; Fig.6, a cross-section of the same; Fig.7, a side View of a double comb having one of the cleaners attachedthereto; Fig. 8, an end view of the same.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

My invention consists in the combine-ion of a comb, A, having somepiniliarities of construction, and a comb-cleaner, ill, peculiarlyconstructed, whereby not only is the combcleaner adapted to clcam allthe teeth of the comb by one movement thereof when the two are separate,but by which the comb and comb cleaner maybe united andused as one, thecomb-cleaner then serving to re-enforcc the back of the comb and keep itfrom becoming broken.

The comb A has or may have teeth a a, of ordinary construction, aportion coarse and a portion fine, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or allfine, as shown in Fig. 7.

The comb-cleaner B extends the entire length of the comb to which it isapplied-or thereabout, and it has a set of short teeth, I) b, at theproper intervals, and of proper width to fit closely between all thetooth-spaces of the comb, and these teeth are turned at right angles, ornearly so, to the body of the cleaner, so as to fit between the teeth ofthe comb when the comb and comb-cleaner are united,

as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, a 1.1 1. W hen they are thus united, theseshort teeth b I) just reach through between the bottoms of the combteethto the other side of the comb without projecting at all beyond the same,as shown in Fig. 3, so that they will perfectly clean out the impuritiesbetween the comb-teeth, and yet present no rouglmess to the comb whenthe two are united.

For applying the comb-cleaner to the comb to strengthen it, if the combis single, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the comb-cleaner has alip orflange, c, at the back 0( go, which fits and hooks closely around theback edge of the comb, asshewn. By this means the combcleancr issecurely held upon the comb and prevents it from being broken, thecombcleaner teeth at the same time fitting between the teeth of thecomb.

For removing the c0mb-clcaner from the back of the comb, so as to use itfor cleaning the same, the toothed edge is first lifted from the comb,thereby witln'lrawing its teeth I) I) from between the comb-teeth, whenthe back of the comb-cleaner is readily separated from the comb. Thecomb-cleaner teeth are then again inserted between the eomlrtcethwithout attaching the back of the cmnb-clcaner to the back of the comb.The, comb-cleaner is then pushededgew-isealong the side of the comb tillti-ie=teeth oilithe comb-cleaner come out from between the points of theeomb-lee th, thus-removing all the-impurities,in the comb at once.

For a double comb, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the coi'nb-eleaner,instead of an attaching lip or flange to pass around the back edge oftlie =com b,. -.1 sqwo lips. .or flanges, c c, to fit over the ends-ofthe comb, as shown. In other respects the construction of thecombcleaner is the same as for the single comb. Only a singlecomlrcleaner is required for the double comb, if the teeth of both edgesof the comb are of equal fineness.

The peculiarities of the construction of the comb to adapt it to theimproved combcleaner are as follows:

First. One-side of the comb-back is raised a littie abovethe plane ofthe teeth (6 a, mak ing it a little thicker than usual, and the inneredge, (I, of this raised side is rounded or beveled in ward to theteeth, as shown in Figs. 3,4, and 8-. This form enables the combcleanerto be moumleddin the part which fits upon the rounded part5 d of thecomb, and thus make an obtuse angle at ihe bases of the 100 teeth I) b,as shown in Fig. 6. cleaner is then more easily and effectually wipedclean after it is used to clean the comb.

Second. For the single eoinb, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 23,-theback edge of the comb is rounded off on the raised or thickened side, asat f, and the extreme edge 01 the comb is made quite thin, and thecomb-cleaner, being made of similar shape where its lip or flange c isbent over, is thereby enabled to fit tightly around the back edge of thecomb, so as to make a good appearance and to completely protect the combfrom breakage.

The comb-cleaner may be made of sheet metal, celluloid, hard rubber, orany other suitable material.

I claim as my invention 1. A comb-cleaner, formed with short teeth I) b.bent substantially at right angles to The comb a d l with alllding-flange,c, in combnn'tion with a comb; A, substantially as and forthe purpose herein specified.

2.- A. eemb,-A, formed with one side of the back raised. more than theteeth, with the inner edge, d, thereof rounded or beveled inward to theteeth, in combination with a combeleaner, B, formed to fit the comb thusconstructed, substantially as and for the purpose hcmi n pml'erred.

3. A comb, A, formed with its back edge,

made thin and rounded on one side, in combiliation with a comb-cleaner,B, formed to fit the same, snbstantiallg, as and for the purpose hereinspecified.

EUGENE HENR T COCHEN. Vii-messes:

.l'. S. BROWN, A. S, BROWN.

It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters PatentNo. 339,380,

granted April 6, 1886, for an improvement in Gombin'ed Comb and CombGleaner, was erroneously written and printed Eugene Henry Cochenf thatsaid name should have been written and printed Eugene Henry Oochcu; andthat said Letters Patent should he read with this correction thereinthat the samcmay conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.v

Signed, countersigned, and sea-led this 13th day of April, A. D. 1886.

[SEAL] H. L. MULDROW,

Acting Secretary of the Interior. (Jountersi giied c M. V. 1" ow'm rm'LY,

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